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First edition. [2], 13pp, [1]. Recent gilt-ruled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Scattered spotting, vertical crease to text-block. The first edition of a rare panegyric on the coronation of King Charles II, including a short tribute to George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), a professional soldier whose support for moderates in parliament proved decisive in the Restoration of the Monarchy. In true Restoration fashion, attributed to the same author is a slightly earlier, similarly reverent work Upon the death of his late highness, Oliver lord protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging (1658). The tract has been tentatively - although far from conclusively - attributed to Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder (1593-1682), autocratic ruler of the first European colony at Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, in no small part through the presence of its Sabin entry, reasonably suggesting an American connection. Mayhew, who first settled in Massachusetts during the 1631/2 Great Migration of Puritans across the Atlantic, was notable for his persistent missionary work - an endeavour continued, with significantly more fervour, by his son, Thomas Mayhew the Younger - as well as his peaceful relations with the Native Wampanoag tribes living in the area, to whom he deferred political authority. ESTC R202899, Wing M1446. Sabin 47153. Size: Quarto.…